To the letter 一字不差
Colourful foam letters tumble playfully to the ground
今日小常識
Braille is a system of writing where patterns of raised dots represent letters of the alphabet and punctuation marks, allowing blind people to read by feeling the raised dots. It was invented in 1821 by Louis Braille, who lost his sight when he was three years old.
Braille 盲文,是一個靠突起的點兒來代表字母和標點符號的書寫方式。盲人可以靠觸摸這些凸字來進行閱讀。盲文是由 Louis Braille 在1821年創(chuàng)造的。
今日短語
短語 to the letter 的意思是一字不差的嚴格執(zhí)行或遵守規(guī)定。
例句
The soldier obeyed his commander's orders to the letter - and it cost him his life.
I’ll give you my special cake recipe – but if you want it to turn out well, you must follow it to the letter. Don't change anything at all.
請注意
The letter of the law 這個表達的意思是法律的條文,尤其是指其字面的意義。
例句
The judge's decision was criticised by the newspapers. They said he was too strict and had stuck to the letter of the law even though the criminal was very sorry.